page_title: Platygonus compressus
hierarchical_section_title: Platygonus compressus
caption_attribution_description: A Pleistocene flat-headed peccary skull (Platygonus compressus) in the permanent collection of The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
context_page_description: Platygonus compressus, the flat-headed peccary, is an extinct mammal species from the Tayassuidae-family, that lived in North-America during the Pleistocene. It was first described in 1848 by John L. Leconte.
context_section_description: Platygonus compressus, the flat-headed peccary, is an extinct mammal species from the Tayassuidae-family, that lived in North-America during the Pleistocene. It was first described in 1848 by John L. Leconte.
caption: Platygonus compressus skull
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